mike pence had bluntly asserted there were no trump campaign contacts with the russian government. is not true. he has bluntly asserted he had no idea that mike flynn had a pa relationship with any foreign countrs' government. that would seem to be impossible given his role in the transition and the number of times and the number of ways that transition was formally notified including in writing of those ties. of course, mike pence has the starring role in the big unanswered question about mike flynn's time in the white house which is why they let him stay on for 18 days after the justice department came to the white house and told them mike flynn was compromised by the russians and vulnerable to blackmail. why did he stay on for another 18 days thereafter? the white house story is that, well, actually there is no story for that. in the end they said he had to go because he had lied to mike pence. but why does a lie to mike pence take 18 days to flower before it has any consequences for something as serious as a foreign government having its tentcles that far up the top of the u.s.

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and i wrote an article indicating that mike pence should be investigated, as well. e we assuming, with all of the lies that pence has told, about general flynn. not knowing that general flynn had been paid by a foreign government. about his giving false information to the american people about the real reason why trump fired mr. comey. are we assuming this guy who served for some one dozen years in the congress, several years as governor of indiana, is so naive, so ig nornnorant that he fooled and marched out in front of the american people. or is he included? the only way to know is to include mike pence in an investigation of donald trump, as well. >> there's many democrats who are anxious, xho chomping at th, if you will, to get the hearings started. maxine waters here in l.a., has not held her tongue about this and there are others. on the other side, there are democrats who say tread cautiously on this because the country is already divided. it was an ugly and divisive election in november. and you do not want to be seen going after donald trump because you don'

vice president mike pence. and father, we pray for him, his wife, his family, that you would watch over and protect him, and all that he does for our nation, and for the people of the world. and father, we pray for our president, president donald trump. we pray vice president mike pence advises him that you would give him wit wisdom in all he does, lord. we come with grateful hearts today to say thank you. ourk you for this man, father, we pray that you would lead him in jesus' name that we pray. amen. >> amen. [applause] >> earlier this week, president trump suggested he might end the daily white house news briefings. we got reaction today from the president of

i pray mike pence advises him and you would give him wisdom in all that he does. father, we come with grateful hearts today to say thank you for this man. we pray you would lead him, and it's in jesus name we pray amen. [applause] coming up in just a few minutes on c-span, former first lady michelle obama will talk about efforts to combat childhood obesity and event hosted by a partnership for a healthier america. it gets underway at 10:30 a.m. eastern. later today, here on c-span, democratic national chair tom perez and former republican chair michael steele are at a discussion of the aspen institute on finding common ground in an era of intense partisanship. it is scheduled at noon eastern here on c-span2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. it was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> the president tweeted this morning, it's not possible for my associates to stand at the podium with one 100% accuracy. perhaps we should cancel all press briefings until we have one

i'm sure mike pence is doing that. whole pitch inside the belt way about mike pence is a running mate is that he was going to be this liaison between the hill and that he was going to get legislation through. i know he's trying to do a lot of that stuff. but none of that agenda can happen when you have one scandal, one controversy, one fire storm that a week, a day, most of them created by the president himself because he tweets about being wire tapped, he contradicts his statement about firing the fbi director. he has no idea what to do when the fbi director pushes back. and mike pence is the one guy who doesn't have to fear for his job. lot of these cabinet secretaries are constantly afraid of being fired, and he doesn't have to be. >> melissa: point well taken. you say, i don't think you should resign in response to the president hanging you out to dry on the comey affair, but threatening to do so, if he plays you for a patsy again, might, just might help the president get his act together, which would be good for k

he should realize that mike pence is a serious asset and should be using him a lot more to send him outrepresent. i think he's a very strong communicator. don't distance yourself from pence. bring pence in and let pen be an asset to the administration. >> i actually don't believe he was kept in the dark,t least when it came to, you know, pick something of these people in the administration. if you are leading the transition team, it is your job to basically identify people, assess their skills, their experience, their know-how, their level of education and whether or not they can do the job. i'm not particularly sure i buy this idea that he was kept in the dark. i find it really convenient, you know, for them to say that, but i just don't buy it. it doesn't pass the laugh test for me. >> if they did, it is malpractice pop to have the head of your transition be kept in the dark about this and that speaks to trump's chair ter and modus op per ran day di which is disastrous running a trigs or white house. >> we have to turn to another story because we've got breaking news. former congressm

. >>> coming up, what did mike pence know and when did he know it?the new charge mike pence knew flynn was under federal investigation before the inauguration, next. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com. >>> the trump administration is denying a report by "the new york times" that the president's transition team knew michael flynn was under investigation for his undisclosed lobbying on turkey's behalf before he came to the white house as national security advisor. the white house called the story, quote, flat wrong. but even if flynn's attorney didn't inform transition lawyers as "the times" reported, trump officials had plenty of chances to find out what flynn was up to. his turkish lobbying ties had been covered in the press and they were the subject of a november letter from congressman elijah cummings to vice president mike pence who

mike pence, a man of faith will talk about that. he talked about the power of prayer and the president and his administration going to jerusalem, the western wall, ramallah, the vatican. faith front and center. if you want to get to the heart of issues facing the country in the world today it comes down to those core beliefs. how much does it inform what you do? does your belief become radical and how to put the genie back in the box, this president going after radical islamic terrorism. rather than nip around the margins he goes straight into it. >> megan smith was the chosen speakers introduce the vice president, she spoke about fellowship, prayer, love. the vice president going up to the podium. [applause] >> thank you all. president mcnulty, mister chairman and board of trustees, the distinguished members of this faculty, family and friends that are gathered here, join me in offering our congratulations to the largest graduating class in the history of grove city college, the great class of 2017. [applause] >> a joy to be with y

we'll play you a sound bite here from congressman cummings, because mike pence is contesting that he s not aware of michael flynn's connection to turkey until march 9th. >> he sent a very detailed letter talking about flynn's involvement with the turkish government. >> so you think pence is telling the truth when he says he only learned about flynn from news reports? >> well, it's either he's not telling the truth or he was running a sloppy shop. >> reporter: this is that three-page letter that was sent to the vice president. but they said the letter not got to the vice president. >> what is worse, that he is being kept in the dark or is the implication from his aides that the president of the united states and those close to him are doing so deliberately? do they not trust the vice president? >> i think that this goes -- i think this particular story here from the new york times a few nights ago is something that goes -- a source expressed a concern that this is a pattern. back in february, there was a 15-day lapse between the time the white house to the point that mike pence was mad

on his permanent record, and it's very possible a whole lot of attention is about to be laid on mike pence >> exactly. and this notion that he was just repeatedly kept in the dark on these extremely sensitive matters around the national security adviser is kind of absurd. i mean i've spoken to people in pence's circle. that's the message they are pushing. look, he didn't know about this. the white house is still saying that trump wasn't informed about this flynn turkish lobbying deal. but how many times can pence go out there and make statements that turn out later not to be true or to be very dubious, and just get a pass on oh, well, maybe he wasn't told about it? something is not ringing true there. >> ali velshi, to a more fundamental question. we asked this on the broadcast last night and probably the night before. what is it about trump and flynn? what is it? >> we are not even two years into this relationship which is odd. they met in summer of 2015. what may be working in donald trump's favor is that we are not sure how he treats those around him. he used some people conveniently, j

we want to tell you what is happening with vice president mike pence today as well.heir graduation. >> dozens of students plan to protest his speech by walking out of that ceremony. they say it's a statement against his policies which they believe target minority. cnn correspondent rosa flores is live in notre dame where she has been speaking to students about the protest. good morning, rosa. >> reporter: good morning. from talking to some of the students who plan to walk out today, they tell me that it's very simple. this is a catholic university and on this campus, they learn to stand up and speak out for the poor and the marginalized, and that is what they say they plan to do when vice president mike pence begins to speak today during commencement. three students are with me today. two of them are graduating so congratulations, first of all, then the editor of the paper with us today. brian ricketts, why is that you're standing up and walking out today? >> yes. well, so for me, i was a student here at notre dame in 2015 when mike pence and independence passed the

mike pence knows how to motivate the republican base. midterm elections are those individuals, you'll see it with the liberal base, those are the ones that go out and vote in the midterm elections. vice president pence will be paced and then strategic congressional places where it makes sense. >> jon: david, i have two ended there. we will have you back again. thank you both. >> jenna: it was a tough weekend for tiger woods. picked up on suspicion of dui, he says alcohol wasn't involved in all the police agree. what exactly happened and what could this mean for all the endorsements he still has a question mark details ahead and a live report. >> i was a sad. i'm a huge fan of tiger woods. hopefully he can come back designed to quickly wick away moisture to help maintain your skin's natural balance. for a free sample, call 1-877-get-tena. >> jon: let's check out what's ahead on "outnumbered" ." >> harris: happy tuesday. for the first time, the united states will try to shoot down an intercontinental missile like the one north korea is deve

mike pence walking the capital hallways. that image there is a sure sign there's work to be done before the obamacare repeal and replace bill is ready for a vote. moderates remain the focus. republican leaders hope they can sell those unhappy with the bill and that if it passes it could be significantly reworked by the senate. >> although the white house keeps touting progress and suggesting a vote is near, the whip count is awfully tight here with many members on the fence including some on the whip team itself. the white house has its work cut out. we have more from capitol hill. >> good morning, there certainly was some hopeful rhetoric coming out of the white house early on monday that they could get this bill through this week. but that has given way to a harsh and stark reality up here on capitol hill. put simply, they don't have the votes for this bill yet. we had mike pence up here on capitol hill last night trying to save this bill meeting with members and as he left capitol hill he was asked by reporters do you hav

it is an honor for me to be able to welcome here the vice president of the united states, mike pence. mr. vice president. >> thank you reverend graham. vice president pence: it is a joy to be with all of you today to touch on a topic of enormous importance not only in the life of people of faith across the world, but enormous importance to this administration. and would you join me in congratulating reverend franklin graham for bringing together this first ever world summit in defense of persecuted christians. [applause] vice president pence: reverend graham, senator lankford, senator blunt, congressman smith, congressman hultgren, leaders of faith in public life across this country and across the world, to my brothers and sisters in christ. [applause] vice president pence: i often say when people have asked me over the years what my philosophy is, i tell them i'm a christian, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. [applause] vice president pence: it is a distinct honor and, frankly, a humbling privilege to join you today at this first-ever summit in defense of persecuted ch

>> obviously, you have to deal with mike pence. he is the guy who is credibility.ans trust him walks in the room and is usually at the senate lunches every week so he has been talking to the senate republicans and he is reached out to them not just in the hallways but he has brought -- he has gone to their homes and had dinner with people like susan collins and other senators, trying to build a report and a relationship. me that inns told recent weeks, the administration has gotten so much better at reaching out and talking to her about her concerns on this health care bill. cms sat down with her and talked about their concerns and they are pre-positioning and trying to figure out how to get the 50 senators to sign on board. mike pence would cast a tie-breaking vote. david: thanks to you and thanks to kevin cerilli. we are preparing for a vote on the american health care act a little bit later this afternoon. that is expected to take place in the next half hour and we will be watching the goings on on the floor of the house chamber and will bring you covers this af

estamos escuchando al vicepresidente de los estados unidos mike pence hablando desde el jardÍn de rosasld trump y su familia la casa blanca. en medio de aplausos, acompaÑados por diferentes dignatarios. [habla en inglÉs] javier: estamos escuchando en este momento la bienvenida, este tipo de discursos o propios. porque como lo venÍamos contando metas estÁbamos en comerciales parar esa programaciÓn de facebook live, esto es un primer paso para la derogaciÓn final de obamacare. carolina: estÁ hablando cÓmo en el aÑo 2010, el presidente barack obama pudo probar obamacare. el partido republicano en ese momento estuvo en contra. sin embargo, ahora, bajo el liderazgo, segÚn dice el vicepresidente mike pence, que han tomado un primer paso histÓrico para terminar, para decirle adiÓs al conocido obamacare. y para darle seguro de salud a los americanos que ellos merecen. javier: vamos a retomar esta informaciÓn de Última hora a la espera de cuando el presidente donald trump se dirija a todos los estadounidenses y por supuesto, todas las personas desde la casa blanca. Íbamos con josÉ gonçalves, exp

they're saying that also mike pence -- that makes mike pence's statements true, that he did not know.was not aware that there was any investigation and heir now quietly the aides are saying they're concerned about the pattern they're seeing of keeping him in the dark on certain issues. >> edward, thank you. >>> a tragic story that we are following here on the live desk. san antonio fire officials say a firefighter died in a massive warehouse fire overnight. scott dean was with the department for six years. there are just intense flames in this video inside this warehouse where the fire started. at least three other firefighters were hurt trying to put this blaze out. there were dozens and dozens of crews on the scene. right now it's not clear how this fire got started in the first place. aaron, back to you. >> its 45e:47. >>> the death of a man shot by police in arlington has been ruled a daniel boak refused to stop. he was wanted on a misdemeanor charge. when officers tried to approach him he put his truck in drive pinning an officer against another car. the medical examiner ruled hi

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do you agree with mike pence?ously, that's a judgment, call, brianna, that the president and his team make. and i think like a lot of people, it sort of caught many of us by surprise. it came sort of suddenly. it's not something that, i think, hadn't been anticipated. there's been plenty of support, bipartisan support, for this action in the past. and i think this was just -- >> but if you made that judgment call, if you had a decision to make, about whether it was a good idea to fire comey, as he was in the middle of this russia investigation, as it pertained to the trump campaign, trump associates, would that be a good idea from your judgment? >> well, i guess, i -- from my vantage point, i think, yes, the question -- the timing of all of this is something the administration will have to answer questions about, brianna, but i think, you know, the broader issue here is, did he have the confidence of the agency, did he have the confidence of the american people? did he have the confidence of the miradministration?

they are motivated because they, frankly like mike pence and wouldn't mind having president mike penceant to talk about -- what was said last night reportedly they had an emergency meeting. reportedly a staffer was told who reported to us this is textbook obstruction of justice. let me also just play for you john kasich at cnn town hall last night where he was pressing speaker paul ryan to do more. listen to this. >> i saw that speaker ryan said some things tonight about getting to the bottom line. frankly, i think he should be more aggressive. i think he should speak out more. and hopefully he will. >> we're about to see republicans speak out more. >> we'll certainly see them consolidate a position. that might involve speaking, might involve hiding. one of the dynamics going on here you got the president who is very popular with the republican base and until that popularity falls off a cliff all of the popularity is one number. the popularity among the republican base is the other. that's the one that matters for the house majority especially for those in the freedom caucus. until the

mike flynn if you did a google search of him, would certainly know of his past so at some stage mike penceesponsibility for a transition that not only brought mike flynn in but that clearly has consequences the fact that we have no deputy secretaries at any of the agencies. he's stuck. he knew what he was getting in to but it would be very hard for him to separate himself at this stage. >> let me ask you about upcoming testimony on tuesday from the former fbi director john brennan. what inside might he bring? >> so john brennan served -- this is important in terms of the biography has served republican and democratic president and served as an unknown figure. he was part of the cia's review of what russia was doing during the election. what we haven't heard from much except to remember when president-elect trump was going after the intelligence community and really denigrating the cia, john brennan came to their defense. so he will probably bring us up to speeds in terms of the investigation but i highly doubt that he will give us any sort of information regarding the present investigation

but i want to talk about mike pence. a pattern is clearly emerging.ral. he goes to capitol hill seven times and says, he was fired because of the deputy attorney general. >> stellar career. had to listen to him. >> had to listen to him. we had no choice. said it seven times. jeffrey, he was in the meetings with donald trump when donald trump said i want to fire the guy. i don't care. let's bring -- >> meetings in january. don't forget, they talked about firing him the first week they were in office and decided not to and pence was central to those. >> what's he going to have to do -- >> you have that. then you have, of course, what happened here, where he's claiming he did not know that flynn -- with bret baier, he said this is the first i've heard of it. >> i go back with david, there's a pattern here. >> seems impossible. >> anything is possible in this administration. but, yes, it seems impossible. now to this. >> can i goo jon heilman? >> okay. >> he has a furrowed brow. >> thank you for picking on his facial expressions. >> exactly. >> you just w

vice president is holding fort back home, mike pence.d to be meeting with some congressional leaders on capitol hill. those leaders include the chairman of the house ways and means committee. that is coming up we suspect at bottom of this very hour in is a big unveil tomorrow.ç president trump's budget plan. we'll watch it from washington. melissa. melissa: we're getting new details about that long-awaited 2018 budget. not everyone is happy about it. that is shock. i thought everyone would be thrilled at once. former reagan budget director david stockman has some major concerns. >> unfortunately this budget will be d/b/a, dead before arrival. trump ruled out medicare, and social security, 1.8 trillion a year. he wants more than defense which is already vastly more than we need. melissa: here is dan henninger, "wall street journal" deputy editorial page editor and a fox news contributor. what do you think of what stockman had to say? >> david stockman should know as well as anyone what happens to these budgets. when would be the last tim

grove city, pennsylvania where mike pence is set to deliver a commencement address in five minutes. he is likely to be introduced soon. of any developments in saudi arabia we will as well. we bring in lieutenant colonel michael walsh, commander commenting on this. this signing ceremony, your big take away, this relationship. >> my take away is islamic extremism and the fight against islamic extremism will be the underpinning of this trip. you have a visit to saudi arabia, the site of islam's two holiest sites followed by a trip to jerusalem, followed by a trip to the vatican. this is a broader effort against extremism that we need to undertake as a society and in the west. on top of individual battlefield in iraq, afghanistan and syria. what i'm looking for tomorrow is the president's speech to 50 muslim leaders and what you will see in terms of variance from what you saw under obama where obama in his famous speech to cairo put the onus on america's shoulders to change its behavior. from donald trump you will see him putting it on moderate muslim government to change the way they a

one is mike pence wasn't entirely telling the truth there, or that mike pence wasn't in the loop, one of those things. now, given the way that we know mike pence has historically conducted himself, it's hard to imagine he would put himself in a position in that interview -- >> to lie -- >> -- to not tell the truth. it doesn't seem within his character. the more likely scenario is that he didn't know. but we don't know. you know, we don't know which way it is yet. we're trying get to the bottom of it. but it also begs the question, when michael flynn told the transition, who did he tell? i mean, what does that mean? >> exactly. >> what does that mean exactly? because mike pence was the head of the transition. and more importantly, aside from the mike pence question that we don't have answered, is the president. the president, according to this report, knew about it. so, the president knew about it. he still appointed him. and you know, did he feel that much loyalty to this guy because he was out on the campaign trail? he was with the president on the plane all the time. he was out ther

c-span, we will look at this year's commencement addresses from vice president mike pence former president bill clinton, chair of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford, and senators cory booker of new jersey, tammy duckworth of illinois, and former senator of new hampshire, kelly ayotte pit commencement speeches on c-span, we will have the starting at 1:00 eastern time. vice president mike pence along , karen, ande national security adviser hr mcmaster and ivanka trump posted military families recently at an event marking national military appreciation month. [applause] >> hello, everyone. look at all these amazing kids. i love it. thank you. and my are in here somewhere. lla, joseph, theodore, floating around. good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for being here. it is an incredible privilege for us all to welcome you here to the white house. i specially want to thank the vice president and karen pence for hosting us today. as i'm sure many of you know, pences our military parents. their son michael is an officer in the united states marine corps. they know firsthand the many

if it is the first, i think it's about time for mike pence to go to donald trump and say, as i think most of us would, if you set me up to be your liar again, i'm walking. >> but it's not just pence. it's the whole team in the white house. if you look at this from some distance, it's very clear trump and this team were not ready for the presidency, not even close to it. all of these troubles lead back to no one who can come to trump and say, you know, you need to put the cork in the bottle. we need to plan. we need to think strategically, even if it's just in 24-hour cycles, and it does not happen. i've never -- we describe it as unraveling. it's really not unraveling. it started that way and there was no way to sit down and say, remember, all the presidents before would have a kind of, okay, what's the message of the day, how do we organize the day? they don't even organize five minutes. >> they can't. willie, whatever say they, whatever they do, donald trump will be sure to contradict it in ten, 15 minutes with a tweet. in the case of mike pence, this has happened time and again. it

and you have mike pence there who again is in this similar situation. he didn't know.story and he went out and told essentially a lie about mike flynn initially and then of course about the firing of james comey. so this is a white house that has a credibility problem and we see it over and over again. >> and the victim is the vice president. a frequent victim of that credibility because it was only a week ago that mike pence, among others, came out and doubled down on this idea that rod rosenstein's report on comey that led to the firing which the president later undermined. >> we ent kndon't know how to characterize the vice president. we know what he has said and we have to take him at his word, but the whole flynn story is so head scratching because it wasn't just this red flag if this story is accurate. it wasn't just this red flag. it was the president of the united states saying that maybe you shouldn't appoint this guy and there were warnings there. there was intelligence there. and so you have to go to the president i think on this. because the only one who se

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we saw vice president mike pence late last night trying to really push for support.ned. this is something that republicans once again trying to create a sense of urgency around, try to get something done before they go on recess back on

there was a wonderful photograph of mike pence. the vice president. long lens. his face is inscrutable, the nearest thing to a little smile that mike pence has given. kind of like this... as donald trump took off. he has landed as far as saudi arabia is concerned and he's on the rest of the week, an eight—day tour. his first tour around the world. what is important about this tour? what should we be looking out for? he has embarked on his first international trip. mainly to the middle east, he has arrived in saudi arabia and will go to israel and palestine. he has clearly made out that he can make some progress with the israel— palestine situation and that has been his claim all along. we have to know his most memorable statement was the possibility of moving the us embassy to jerusalem. that would have been a disaster. but he — you know, it was well thought—through and it is typical of the kind of headline grabbing, shocking tactics he revels in. he seems to have gone quiet with this idea. to give him some limited credit, he also, when he first met n

look, mike pence is a loyal guy.been through really tough fights over the last year and gotten through them together. and i don't think there is any reason to believe they want to get through this together. however, if the facts go against donald trump here and impeachment becomes a real thing, i do think you are going to see members of congress say, "look, i'm not voting for impeachment, but i will vote for president pence." that is a long-term threat, but we are a long way from there. hopefully, the facts as they come out will exonerate the resident from wrongdoing. >> sandra: what do people say, generally speaking? >> i think democrats think pence is a real ideologue. a rock rib conservative in ways trump is not. i think there is some concern from democrats that should pence become president at some point, there is a rallying around him after, you know, the king has been disposed, there would be real danger that he could move a bunch of very right wing policy that would be very bad for the country. >> sandra: i'm

that's why mike pence was in front of the cameras. why the president brought the pool in and talked with them. he'll do the interview with lester holt exclusively tomorrow night. he's pushing back hard. the fact is, nobody is really buying that this has --hat this firing was all in defense of hillary clinton's honor. because he was upset about treatment of hillary's aide, huma abedin. everyone believes that this has to do with comey's conduct of the russia investigation. >> and in the meantime, there was this moment this morning that -- i think we've used the word bizarre or almost unbelievable in a lot of situations over the last 18 hours or so. you had sergey lavrov and the president of the united states, and andrea mitchell tried to get reaction from them earlier -- i'm sorry -- are lavrov and rex tillerson, before the meeting. the secretary of state tried to get reaction from lavrov and tillerson to the firing. let's listen. >> does the comey firing cast a shadow over your talks? >> was he fired? >> yes. >> you are kidding. you ar

you just heard vice president mike pence telling bret baier that he had no idea about it.hat say you? >> there are two takeaways. number one, michael flynn clearly -- it seems they probably suspect charges that he would not want to go to the hil hill. that might incriminate him in the process of law coming up. the second point is the point of the white house interactions. is the president leading -- is he bringing collections. >> julie: mike flynn is the center of the primary investigation between russia and nbc is reporting that paul manna fort is the primary focus of the fbi investigation to the russian campaign interference. it is being reported that james comey has more memos coming out on this and he is itching to testify to congress. there are contradictions and credibility issues at stake her here. the white house doesn't necessarily -- a lot of untruths have been revealed through leaks. what more do you expect to come of this? >> the simple answer is a lot. you see the drip, drip, drip which is ascending into a flood come off clinical flood. there is an undercurren

this speech by mike pence and i come from the midwest. mike pence was governor of indiana. catholic university. yes, they have the right to get up and walk out that i was disgusted that these kids did it on such an important day. if i was the parent of one of those kids, i would've said what the hell are you doing? >> lawrence: that's my issue as well. it's their right but it goes to respect. the fact that they do that in front of their parents and loved ones, there's a lot of people i don't like and i listen to them speech. it's respect. >> anthony: thank you, lawrence. >> eboni: what if you want to send a message that says i disagree with you. >> lawrence: it is respect for the office. i don't think we have the respect for the vice presidency and the presidency. >> eric: and those parents dropped, i'm sure they dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars giving those kids that education. >> lawrence: i went after obama all the time but he was the president. afterwards, i speak on tv about aids. >> kat: mike pence wasn't offended. he gave his speech. >> eric: offended by notr

fue lo que le dijo mike pence .99 protegen a los inmigrantes por un decreto que declara refugio seguro. javier: raÚl reyes el alcalde de esa comunidaddenunciÓ la ley sb4 que busca prohibir la ciudad de santuarios. hoy el alcalde reyes estÁ en "ediciÓn digital". estÁ con nosotros vÍa skype. carolina: estÁ emocionado pero tambiÉn tiene miedo. qué sigue para usted, alcalde? raÚl: gracias por la oportunidad de poder no solamente hablar sobre esta ley que es una ley discriminatoria, es una ley que divide a la comunidad hispana en cuestiÓn del sentimiento que estamos ahora asintiendo. para nosotros es muy importante hacerle saber a aquellas personas que no tienen un voz, que tiene miedo que nuestra comunidad es una comunidad que va a estar al pie de la letra en cuestiÓn de defender los derechos humanos, civiles. carolina: alcalde, cree usted que antes del 1 de septiembre van a tener tiempo para poderlo detener? raÚl:creo que la demanda es para detener la implementaciÓn de esta ley que nuevamente algunas comunidades piensa

eastern, commencement addresses from new jersey senator cory booker, vice president mike pence, illinoisator tammy duckworth, former president bill clinton, former senator kelly ayotte, and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, marine general joseph dunford. that starts at 10 p.m. eastern tonight. today is memorial day for remembrance of the men and women while serving in the nation's armed forces. this morning, c-span cameras were at the national all in d.c.ngton ec -- washington we visited the veterans memorial and the world war ii memorial.

take you live at 11:00 astern time on c-span later, commencement addresses from vice president mike pence, former president bill clinton, senators cory booker of new jersey, tammy duckworth of illinois, and former senator of new hampshire, kelly ayotte. commencement speeches on c-span starting at 1:00 eastern time. former california governor and actor arnold schwarzenegger spoke at a summit on afterschool programs recently. he criticized the trump administration's proposal to cut funding for learning programs and high-poverty and low performing schools. this is half an hour. [applause] mr. schwarzenegger: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. and i want to say, thank all of you for being here today. this is really extraordinary to have a whole nation of after-school providers to come here to this summit. thank you very much. i want to say thank you to our director of the schwarzenegger institute right here at usc. thank you for the great work you are doing. team, hasur team, our been responsible for putting this together, so thank you very much for the extraordinary work. the reality

i want to thank mike pence and i want to thank donald trump for their personal involvement in working with our members and working to get this right, for getting this done and getting us to where we are. thank you, gentlemen. [applause] speaker ryan: today was a big day, but it is just one step in this process, an important step. we still have a lot of work to do to get this signed into law, and i know that our friends over in the senate are eager to get to work. [laughter] speaker ryan: they are. we're going to see that work through. you know why we are going to see this worked through? because the issues are just too important. the stakes are just too high. the problems facing american families are real and the problems facing american families as a result of obamacare are just too dire and too urgent. just this week, just this week we learned of another state, iowa, where the last remaining health care plan is pulling out of 94 of their 99 counties, leaving most of their citizens with no plans on the obama market at all. what kind of protection is obamacare if there are no plans to

mike pence will deliver the address at annapolis, maryland.ey gather inside the stadium the vice president should be there in 30 minutes and you'll see that live coming up on "america's newsroom" today. >> shannon: president trump is heading back to the u.s. this weekend after his first international trip since taking office. he will come home to a lot of work on the table in washington as he tries to move a legislative agenda through congress to repeal and replace obamacare. that's just one thing. >> this law is in the middle of a collapse. we need to bring down the cost of coverage and we need to revitalize the market so people have real choices and real access to affordable healthcare. that's what our plan will do. >> we're writing our own bill in the senate. everybody understands that. it is a heavy lift, a big responsibility but again, we're starting with a blank sheet of paper and that's not with any disrespect towards what's happened. it is the way the house and senate are supposed to work. >> i know some things i would like to have had

plus vice president mike pence, is 2 bombshell developments wearing on him? and is trump about to lawyer up? good evening i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the breaking news, president trump defiant, taking questions for the first time after a week of bombshell revelations from sharing classified information with the russians to damning information about collusion with russia. the president has taken no questions until late today and in a press conference, when asked about the special prosecutor, the president was terse and dismissive, saying he's the victim. >> i respect the move but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> witch hunt. and then when trump was asked a specific question about another explosive development with what was the answer? listen for yourself. >> did you tnt urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape, or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you look -- >> no. no. next question. >> but the one thing trump did say today was perhaps stunning statement from the president of the unit